Greeshma S. receives death sentence from Neyyattinkara Sessions Court for the 2022 murder of Sharon Raj, marking a rare and severe punishment in Kerala's legal history. The case, described as 'rarest of the rare', was driven by meticulous planning and misleading efforts by Greeshma, despite defense pleas for leniency.
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